Colleen Cotter

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Colleen Cotter is an absolutely fabulous real estate agent! She helped us buy our first home in San Francisco. We felt lucky to be referred to her as she was a top agent in San Francisco, and our experience was fantastic. She has a great command of the market, she listened to all our needs, she was incredibly responsive and thoughtful and ultimately helped us shape and define what we wanted and needed as first time home buyers. We landed in the PERFECT home for us. We just hosted her and Margaret ODriscoll (another fabulous team member) over for drinks in our new home to celebrate. We feel so happy every day in our home and have them to thank. We feel luck to have to have worked with the best agents and give Colleen and her team our best review!

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Colleen & her team (huge shoutout to Margaret) were incredible partners throughout our search to find a home in San Francisco! They have unparalleled expertise in understanding SF inventory, they are on top of market conditions, and have strong local connections. But just as importantly, they lead the process with honesty, care, & creativity. From our first conversation to closing day, they clearly articulated what to expect, best (and worst) case scenarios, and guided us with their knowledge while always giving us the space to make our own decisions. As first-time home buyers operating in a very challenging market, they kept the process calm & positive. We already miss our weekly house tours with the team & will absolutely use them when we get ready for our next home.

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Colleen is hands-down the best realtor in San Francisco. Weve worked with Colleen for 6 years and she has represented us both as buyers and sellers, and we have been blown away by the service she delivers and the expertise she brings. We have referred many friends and family members to her who also all hand tremendous experiences with her and her team. In my opinion, 3 things set Colleen apart from other SF agents: 1) she is extremely trustworthy. Colleen talked us out of writing offers on a few homes because she was confident we would find better value and a better fit for our needs, and she was right; 2) Colleen is extremely knowledgeable about all aspects of real estate. She has an incredible network (whether you need an architect, designer or handyman) and she always has her finger on the pulse. 3) Colleen is a consummate professional. She works extremely hard, her communication is excellent, and she holds herself to an extremely high bar. And on top of it all, shes kind and very easy to get along with. I really do think she is a 1 in a million agent.

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I can not recommend Colleen and her team enough! I noticed Colleens professionalism when I bought my place and she was the sellers broker. A few years later when I decided to sell, I asked Colleen to help. By the time, I already moved away from SF and remote managing a property selling in the middle of the pandemic had proven to be very challenging. But Colleen and her team went above and beyond to help me in every way so I didnt have to travel across the country during 2021. The market didnt work in our favor in 2021, and we tried again in 2022. Thanks to Colleen and her team (especially Zoe!), we managed to sell at a favorable price and closed properly. I seriously wont have been able to sell remotely without Colleen and her team! And selling at a good price and good timing!! From cleaning up/retouching the condo, remaking the gardening details, getting rid of old stuff I left behind (w/o knowing that I wouldnt go back and had to sell the place later on), stagging, pricing, marketing, showing, negotiating on my behalf, strategizing with me, regularly feeding me updates, etc, Colleen only has the highest quality bar, deep market understanding, and the best execution team. They even made trips to my condo to help me with remote furniture sale and advised me on some HOA compilation. Colleen is the PRO who you can TRUST. I really couldnt have asked for a better broker team than Colleen and her team (thank you Zoe too!)!!! And Colleen felt more like a friend than a commercial broker. Thank you for everything!!

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Zoe Frankel and Colleen Cotter are a truly extraordinary team. They guided us through the process of prepping, listing, and selling our house in Berkeley with wisdom, patience, and skill. They made it a total breeze, by managing all the contractors, keeping us in the loop throughout, and they sold it quickly for way over asking. We were completely thrilled and highly recommend them!

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Colleen was referred to us and was incredible to work with. Her team really locked on to our vision with the listings they recommended to us and and fairly immediately found the right home for us. They walked us through every detail and made buying our first home simple. Colleen guided us through the offer process with great expertise and care for our needs. She connected us with high quality partners for mortgage and services on the home. Every single aspect and detail was impeccable and we?d highly recommend colleen and her team. Caring, detailed, expert, amazing!

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A friend referred us to Colleen and Gretchen and we have since referred them to multiple other friends. They are pros and were an invaluable resource for us in navigating the SF real estate market for the first time. Here are all the areas where we benefited from their expertise: narrowing down our target profile to focus on the fundamentals that really mattered to us; getting the scoop on too-good-to-be-true listings instead of wasting time on dead ends; asking the right questions on tours and open houses; making a strong enough offer to win a competitive deal; validating the essential aspects of a hefty disclosures packet; getting through the close process at breakneck speed; and connecting us to other high-quality service providers (mortgage broker, insurance agent, contractors). They are responsive, calm, and experienced, which helped inspire confidence during an otherwise daunting process. They also know when to be aggressive in the right ways, which is important in such a tight market. We were grateful to have them on our side and will continue to recommend them.

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My husband and I were referred to Colleen from a friend who had nothing but good things to say about her. We were not disappointed! Colleen and her team are incredibly knowledgeable, professional, warm and appreciative. No property it too small or too large for them. Although they discussed everything with us before doing anything we knew we were in good hands and could trust their judgement. They have a team that can handle everything you need to sell a house (painter, handyman, hardwood floors person, stager, etc.). They were able to do everything beautifully but in a very cost conscious way. We never felt we were being gouged and knew we could trust them 100%! We sold our house for much more through her guidance and experience. I would 1000% refer Colleen Cotter.

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Colleen, Rebecca and the rest of the team are incredibly on top of their game and exceeded all of our expectations when we sold our home. They are excellent with communication, listening to our needs, and guided us through the entire process with ease. I highly recommend them

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colleen & gretchen have been a pleasure to work with over the past year. they were instrumental in guiding us through a very challenging search for our new condo in san francisco, and helped us close in a very competitive process. additionally, they also made the process very simple when it came time to sell our old condo. would highly recommend colleen, gretchen and team!